Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
yep. use the extended pro keyboard for JAWS based use and sharp keys for remapping. that will do the trick. 8gb ram on your machine will really help. lew On 6 Mar 2012, at 05:52, Les Kriegler wrote: > Lou, that's why I acquired 8GB of RAM. Now one final question. I'll run > Jaws on the virtu

using crossover

2012-03-05 Thread julieledingham
hi, does anyone use Crossover with the mac? is it accessible? work are about to buy me a mac and I want to be able to have windows installed (for the rare things - like sharing of endnote libraries) and my sighted friend suggested I use crossover instead of parallels do you know if it works. al

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Lou, that's why I acquired 8GB of RAM. Now one final question. I'll run Jaws on the virtual Windows machine. Jaws uses the numeric pad, and I understand the Mac Keyboard on the iMac does not have a numeric pad. I'm considering purchasing a full-sized keyboard to replace the one that comes wi

Re: New Tech Doctor Podcast

2012-03-05 Thread Dan Roy
Great, I am going to go and check it out ASAP! On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > Hi All, > > In this brand new Tech Doctor podcast, Robert demonstrates how he uses Sound > Studio to edit the Tech Doctor podcast. > Http://www.dr-carter.com > > Robert > > -- > You received t

Can't open an audio based DAISY book in in daisy worm

2012-03-05 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, Some of you may have been following my troubles on the viPhone list. I'll summarize here by saying that I finally got the book I have, which is in DAISY 2.2, into the file sharing section of the apps tab of iTunes on my Mac. However, for the life of me, I can't get the book to open. I can't

twitter clients on mac

2012-03-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, I currently use yorufukuro, but it does not have a dictionary for applescriot, and though what i did using GUI scripting is fine, i don't like the mouse emulation method of doing things. Does anyone know of an accessible twitter client on the mac appstore? I tried twitter and twitter

i love applescript

2012-03-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, I was just fed up with going through long stats tables and input everything manually. So i looked for scientific calculators which did certain specific functions for me. Then either they're not yet completely accessible, quirky or just don't have the function, or again are on the iphon

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Maybe for the next IOS they need to have a bridge since VO and Siri create a feedback loop just like Jaws and Dragon do if you don't have JSAY or the Old versions of Kurzweil and JAWS when you had to shut off the speech or it crashed. I would let apple know this happens often so they can fix it.

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yes, I did a reminder; when I get time I need to delete all the extra ones I have right now. When I did this reminder with Siri without VoiceOver in memory, I was a little skeptical that I could get it done. However, luckily she said if I wanted it and responded to "Yes." I have had the screen c

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi GIGI, what about turning the speech off by using the three fingered double tap and then turning it back on. I don't have a 4s tet because VZ suddenly changed there contracts so now I have to wait til October to get Siri. But I have a friend who has it and she had the same problem. She does it

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
For those of you who use Open, How do you get VO to tell you what you are typing. It does it for all of my other apps but not this one. I hope there's a way since I like the setup Open has. Is Libre more accessible? On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: > You can get Libre Office throu

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Jessica
I actually noticed that as well, but didn't disable voiceover, because I didn't think that was causing it. I always wondered what was causing it to get so hung up though; appreciate the tidbit. - Original Message - From: Gigi To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvisionar

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Ezzie Bueno
You can get Libre Office through the following URL: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Ezzie Bueno Sent from my Macbook Pro ezziebu...@gmail.com (323) 448-0757 Check out daily jokes and more! www.SillyEz.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/SillyEz Twitter: http://twitter.com/SillyEz On Mar 5,

Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

2012-03-05 Thread Gigi
> > Hi guys I just had an experience which I would like to bring up. I am having a lot of trouble with pressing the home key to get Siri, and basically crashing Siri. I started turning voiceover off to see if that would help and Siri does work better without voiceover in memory. The only proble

Re: select all command for the IPhone?

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
I don't know if this will help but you could set it so after you get mail from your server it deletes the copy it keeps or set ti to keep it for a day or week. HTH. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jessica wrote: > My e-mail's have still been downloading like mad, as I delete them, even > tho

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Thanks. I appreciate it. I am downloading Open Office now to give it a try. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:33 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: > You can get open office from www.openoffice.org. Libri-office can be found > by doing a google search for it as I do not have a site for it off hand. > > Matthew

Re: VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
I have had this happen sometimes when I have downloaded a lot of messages from email. I can get VoiceOver back by pressing the home key three times, waiting, and then doing this again. After a few times, VoiceOver comes back. This is annoying, but it doesn't happen enough for me to get too upset

Re: VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread Jasonlefevers.massage
Yes it happens to me a lot on my iPhone 4S. Jason LeFevers State of Maryland Registered massage practitioner Call 443-570-8660 or email jasonlefevers.mass...@gmail.com to schedule a massage today! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 5, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Emrah wrote: > Guys, > > Is this also happeni

moveing the itunes library

2012-03-05 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello listers, what is the easiest way to move my whole itunes library to a external drive? After it is all said and done what files are ok to delete from the computer? Thanks, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to th

Re: VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread David Philip Martin Babula Hole
I also have this issue :( most often this happens in the twitter app, but i've seen it other places too. -David Sendt fra min iPhone Den 6. mars 2012 kl. 01:56 skrev Emrah : Guys, Is this also happening to you? Am I the only one to upset my VoiceOver? I use the latest iOS and VO stops speaking

Re: VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread Aser Tolentino
It has been happening frequently on both my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 since iOS 5 first dropped. Didn't someone back then posit a possible memory leak? It can occasionally be extremely annoying. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Emrah wrote: > Guys, > > Is this also ha

VoiceOver on my iPHone suddenly gets silent

2012-03-05 Thread Emrah
Guys, Is this also happening to you? Am I the only one to upset my VoiceOver? I use the latest iOS and VO stops speaking quite frequently. I can still hear the clicks and so on so forth, but no more TTS. Any idea? Thanks! -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they

Re: Looking for a good English Dictionary for the iPhone that does just a little bit more

2012-03-05 Thread Aser Tolentino
Very sorry, was actually referring to the one by JDictionary Mobile. Apologies for the confusion. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello Aser, > > Is the dictionary to which you referred in your second posting from Oxford > University Press

Re: Looking for a good English Dictionary for the iPhone that does just a little bit more

2012-03-05 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello Aser, Is the dictionary to which you referred in your second posting from Oxford University Press? I frequently recommend the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to my students in Vienna. This dictionary is great for both students of English and those of us who grew up with the languag

Re: Looking for a good English Dictionary for the iPhone that does just a little bit more

2012-03-05 Thread Aser Tolentino
Actually Advanced English Dictionary might be a better idea, since the way in which WordBook let's you look up any word in a definition by making each word a link makes definitions a pain to listen to. They're both pretty good. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Mike

Re: Looking for a good English Dictionary for the iPhone that does just a little bit more

2012-03-05 Thread Aser Tolentino
I would recommend WordBook. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I recently downloaded the Merriam-Webster dictionary App for my iPhone, and I > really like it. There is one feature, however, that it either doesn't have, >

Looking for a good English Dictionary for the iPhone that does just a little bit more

2012-03-05 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello everyone, I recently downloaded the Merriam-Webster dictionary App for my iPhone, and I really like it. There is one feature, however, that it either doesn't have, or I haven't been able to activate it. Sometimes, when entering an unfamiliar word, I don't get the spelling quite right, a

changing interface language of the mac with lion

2012-03-05 Thread William Windels
Hello, someone , that has worked on my macbook has changed the interface language of the whole system from dutch to English. I bought it was under system preferences > languages and text but, when I set it to dutch, nothing is changing. How can I set it back to dutch? Any help would be great, k

Imap Weather Radio Fwd: TAC Contact Request

2012-03-05 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey guys. Esther, I did what you said to do about the Imap Weather Radio not working here in Canada. I find it odd that they can't fix whatever issues they have with their alert system for places outside the states. Anyway, here is what they said, and I guess that $9.99 has gone down the drain,

Re: select all command for the IPhone?

2012-03-05 Thread Jessica Moss
I'm in my inbox folder, so don't understand it either. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:44 PM, "Red.Falcon" wrote: > Hi Jessica! > OK I might have this wrong, but on your Iphone are you on the [all mail > folder] if so this might be your problem! > That Gmail [all mail] can hold all o

Re: Anyone Ever Use Homespun Music for Instruction?

2012-03-05 Thread CJ Daniel
Teresa, Good luck, CJ On Mar 4, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Thanks! I did find Brown's tutorials on the NLS site, but no slck-key thus > far. I will look at the site, too. > > The player that Homespun uses is called MOD Machine, and is completely > invisible to VO. I sent a ni

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread CJ Daniel
David, I'm curious. Have you tried Mesus Writer Pro @ all? I've been considering it, but was wondering about accessibility, before I purchase the application. Any comments about this software would be appreciated. CJ On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:07 AM, David Griffith wrote: > I personally have fo

Bootcamp drivers

2012-03-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I saw these on a knowledge base. It seems to imply you cannot install the bootcamp drivers as a package on Win 7 64 bit. Does anyone know if this is still true or is this old information? : The Boot Camp drivers setup wizard only works in the Boot Camp-supported OSes: Windows XP, Windows

Re: problem with iPad Messages

2012-03-05 Thread Shen
Hi, It's not my iPad. Also, I want to get to the bottom of this. It's so strange that I don't have this problem with my iPhone, but the iPad does. On 3/4/12, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Why not just setup iCloud to sync your contacts? This way you don't have > to do anything. When you a

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
in the case of a windows 7 platform, especially 64 bit, allocate 4GB ram. if it was as an example windows XP then you could manage at 1GB, 2GB ideal, the same with windows Vista at 1.5 to 2GB ram due to it's graphical nature and added processes. for windows 7, 4GB on an 8GB ram system. solves

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
You believe allocating 2GB of RAM is sufficient to run an OS with a screen reader virtually? IDK, That sounds like the low side of acceptable to me. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >

Re: select all command for the IPhone?

2012-03-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Jessica! OK I might have this wrong, but on your Iphone are you on the [all mail folder] if so this might be your problem! That Gmail [all mail] can hold all of your history! So if you can go to where you pick the folder you wish to be in, [Gmail account] if you are on [all mail] change it to

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread matthew Dyer
You can get open office from www.openoffice.org. Libri-office can be found by doing a google search for it as I do not have a site for it off hand. Matthew On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to > find t

Re: Upgrading from VMWare 3.1 to 4.0

2012-03-05 Thread irid domnori
If you didn't purchase it recently you should pay, yes. For recently I think the term was 30th september 2011. irid domnori irid.domn...@gmail.com contatto skype: superirid Il giorno 05/mar/2012, alle ore 21:26, Antonio Guimaraes ha scritto: Do I need to pay for VMWare 4 if I am upgrading from

Upgrading from VMWare 3.1 to 4.0

2012-03-05 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Do I need to pay for VMWare 4 if I am upgrading from 3? Thanks, Antonio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macv

Re: Questions regarding using the Apple keyboard with the IPhone

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi David: I know you can press shift down arrow on the keyboard and select by lines on the iPhone if you are in edit. My husband can select in Safari as a sighted user, but I haven't figured out how to do that on the iPhone. Gigi On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:40 PM, David Eagle wrote: > Hello all, I

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi David. I am running my business just fine with Pages and Numbers. True, I ended up telling one of my customers that due to a computer thing she didn't want to hear more about, I couldn't do tables. I had this option available to me which some people don't. I am learning, thanks to Anne, some

Getting Started With Radium

2012-03-05 Thread Ezzie Bueno
> Hello list: > > I am just trying out Radium. I can search for stations and play them. My > questions are as follows: > > 1) How can I simply browse through stations? > 2) Can I record streams? If so, how do I do this? > 3) Is there a setting where I can schedule Radium to record a specific >

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to find them. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:05 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi, > > I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms > word files with no problems. The only dall back is that vo

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms word files with no problems. The only dall back is that vo doesn't handle tables very well though. HTH. Matthew On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Deamon David wrote: > Hi folks. > Since I myself aren't using Off

Some help with vlc

2012-03-05 Thread .dan.
I have installed vlc and want to use it from the command line in terminal. As is no doubt known, it is a very complex application with many functions. All I want to do at this point is to give a command and have a mp3 file played. The same with a streaming audio source and podcasts is of int

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. 2 should be more than enough fore windows 7. Not unless you're doing something real intensive like audio/video editing or something of that nature. On 2012-03-05, at 9:39 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > Hi, > > First, I have 8GB RAM. So should I give 4GB to Windows 7? Also, do I > already have

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread David Griffith
I personally have found Open Office completely unusable under Lion. I understand that there used to be some accessibility under Snow Leopard but under Lion I cannot get any typing echo at all. If it is wordProcessing you are after I would stick to Text Edit perhaps supplemented by the Free Bean

The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Deamon David
Hi folks. Since I myself aren't using Office suites that much, I'd like to ask those of you who uses such much for the best solution for Mac? Am I right that we have the options between OpenOffice, LibraOffice and iWork? There are two criterias here: (1) Accessibility, with VoiceOver and (2) that i

Re: VmWare Fusion and Windows Installation

2012-03-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Boy, just love the terms, WinBlows and Internet Exploder? How descriptive! Thanks for the assist. Les On Mar 5, 2012, at 6:28 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > Les, > > You install Fusion and then use Fusion to create a Winblows Virtual Machine. > > Keith > > On Mar 4, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Les Kriegle

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi, First, I have 8GB RAM. So should I give 4GB to Windows 7? Also, do I already have BootCamp on the system I'll receive in order to create the driver DVD you reference? Thanks. Les On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > For the case of istalling VMWare, VMware is a mac app

Re: VmWare Fusion and Windows Installation

2012-03-05 Thread Keith Watson
Les, You install Fusion and then use Fusion to create a Winblows Virtual Machine. Keith On Mar 4, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > Okay, a question. When our IMAC arrives, I will be installing Windows in > order to run with VmWare Fusion. Which should be installed first? In other >

Re: hybrid computing

2012-03-05 Thread erik burggraaf
NVDA might fly since it doesn't use proprietary drivers. You would have to get sound feedback from the host machine. best, Erik Burggraaf Currently on ebony promos: Ebony consulting on android accessibility, New drive imaging services available. To read more and subscribe, visit http://www.e

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
For the case of istalling VMWare, VMware is a mac app and run only in OS X. so install VMware fusion first. after VMWare is installed, create your new virtual machine, you can tune the VMWare machine to whatever spec you need, as long as you leave enough memory for OS X. so as an example if you'

VmWare Fusion and Windows Installation

2012-03-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Okay, a question. When our IMAC arrives, I will be installing Windows in order to run with VmWare Fusion. Which should be installed first? In other words, should I install VmWare Fusion and be prompted to install Windows or should Windows be installed first and then VmWare? I have the latest

Re: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Okay, a question. When our IMAC arrives, I will be installing Windows in order to run with VmWare Fusion. Which should be installed first? In other words, should I install VmWare Fusion and be prompted to install Windows or should Windows be installed first and then VmWare? I have the latest

Re: Finale or music editor for mac?

2012-03-05 Thread Daniela Rubio
Thank you friends so much for your advice. It is not nice to here that we really need something to be done with Music editing for blind pople, But I really hope this can change soon. SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: w

Re: hybrid computing

2012-03-05 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
the whole point of this is a net based sub operating system for sighted users. this won't support screen reader technologies for 2 reasons, firstly the compatibility of the graphics chip on the device to a system like jaws and secondly the legal ramifications concerning the installation of JAWS